Stats: 3.5 inch widescreen, 11.6mm thick, uses multi-finger gestures, runs slimmed down OS X, syncs calendars, contacts, etc., core animation built in, syncs everything through iTunes, can tell if being held vertically or horizontally - changes screen display to suit, highest res display they've ever shipped, conference calling... just puch a contact to add them in. More still coming in....
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As if its options woes weren't trouble enough, Apple said Friday it is facing several federal lawsuits, including one alleging the company created an illegal monopoly by tying iTunes music and video sales to its market-leading iPod portable players.
The case, filed July 21, is over Apple's use of a copy-protection system that generally prevents iTunes music and video from playing on rival players. Likewise, songs purchased elsewhere aren't easily playable on iPods.
The plaintiff is seeking unspecified damages and other relief. The court...
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The leading DRM digital download service, Apple's iTunes, has experienced a collapse in sales revenues this year according to analyst company Forrester Research.
Secretive Apple doesn't break out revenues from iTunes, but Forrester conducted an analysis of credit card transactions over a 27-month period. And this year's numbers aren't good.
While the iTunes service saw healthy growth for much of the period, since January the monthly revenue has fallen by 65 per cent, with the average transaction size falling 17 per cent. The previous...
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Normally, an iTunes update wouldn't be much news. But this one has lots of mentions of a "mobile phone" that can play video and display pictures. As far as we know, the ROKR and RAZR V3i can't do that.
Here's a taste of the strings:
"4301.022" = " ^0 was not copied because the video format is not supported by the mobile phone ^1 .";
"4301.043" = "Are you sure you want to manually manage music and videos on your mobile phone? You will need to manually eject your mobile phone before it can be disconnected safely.";
"4301.045" = "Are you...
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Amazon’s move into movie downloading demonstrates that Apple, which dominates digital music, will have a fight on its hands if it is to achieve the same with film.
Apple’s problem is that it has frightened most of the Hollywood studios by achieving a three-quarters share of music downloading, giving it power over the future of the music industry.
The iPod manufacturer insists that all songs on an album are on sale individually — a major boost for sales of single tracks, now at a record high, but depressing album sales, where the...
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On Tuesday, August 22nd, the podcast “Sex is Fun” reached the top 100 list (73 to be exact) on iTunes for the very first time. At 8:08 PM on the very same day the producers of “Sex is Fun” received an email from Apple Computer stating that their podcast had been “rejected from iTunes” though neglected to state the reason for being kicked out of the iTunes directory.
“It seems that iTunes has begun some form of morality cleansing as we are not the only podcast that had been removed from the list.” Stated, Kidder Kaper, the...
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Apple has struck a defiant stance with Scandinavian regulators, staunchly defending its right to make its iPod the only portable music player compatible with songs purchased from the company's iTunes music store.
Norway's consumer agency on Wednesday released non-confidential portions of Apple's 50-page response to their claims that the company is violating contract and copyright laws in their countries.
The Norwegian regulators expressed disappointment with the limited concessions offered in the response, received Tuesday. In Sweden,...
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Australian hardware and software developer 22Moo has begun development on "PodBuffet," an iTunes Kiosk the company hopes to make available in airports, hotels, shopping centers, etc.. "Currently the prototype will be powered by an Apple Intel based Mac Mini running a 15" TFT touch screen with virtual keyboard software, a wireless Internet connection and a customized application for timed access to iTunes," notes the announcement. "The 'PodBuffet' iTunes kiosk will also feature multiple dock connectors and a female USB and FireWire port for...
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Apple and Facebook partner up for back-to-school iTunes promo
Amongst many exciting things announced today in Apple-land is a partnership between Facebook and Apple to start giving away 10 million music samplers on the iTunes Music Store to Facebook users over the next ten weeks, in an effort to get college kids and alumni all over the country enthusiastic about both services as fall classes draw near. Facebook and Apple will be giving away one million 25-song sampler compilations each week all the way through the end of September. For those...
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AT&T retail stores will be open at 8AM local time on July 11th,...
